The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:13:22 at Karlsruhe 2026 put Christian Giss 979th of 1,003 men in the Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 7:47 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 9:27 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 8:35 in the roxzone was slower than 89% of the field.
Karlsruhe cost the whole field time: about 1:02 more than the average race this season, going by 835 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:14Running 1 6:25v median +2:40
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Block 02 10:36Running 2 6:22v median +1:02
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Block 03 13:50Running 3 6:58v median +1:12
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Block 04 20:39Running 4 7:04v median +1:16
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Block 05 12:25Running 5 7:23v median +1:17
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Block 06 10:52Running 6 7:44v median +1:48
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Block 07 20:06Running 7 7:23v median +1:27
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Block 08 25:13Running 8 10:20v median +5:07
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:35
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 720
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 720 men who finished.